Weekend Movie Project

Andrew Boon posted 5th of October 2009 in . 22 comments.

Despite growing pressure we still keep having fun on weekends instead of heavy coding and testing. Last Saturday we recorded some entertaining video footage and quickly merged it all into a short movie.

Compare Dolphin 7 and other Social Networking platforms.

Oh, and about the release, etc... We hope to have one more beta this week and then we'd proceed to RC stage.

 
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houstonlively
Very nice. Perhaps you could Use The Force to add moderation controls to the shoutbox.
CALTRADE
You know, this is nice, I'm glad someone is having fun, but since you have put this information together for entertainment purposes, could you also do it for business? I would like to see a "feature matrix" with all those products and capabilities you listed.

Though I didn't see it on your list, an organization I have had my eye on for some time as a possible customer for Dolphin technology just deployed Joomla for their data collection and event management system. Now I know Joomla see more - even with all the social mods, doesn't do as much as Dolphin, but now they are there.

The delay of D7 is causing lost opportunities like this. While it will be harder to knock out Joomla then it would have been to propose Dolphin in the first place, can anyone tell me the major downsides to Joomla as opposed to Dolphin so I can at least be prepared to make this case. I was planning to post this on the forum anyway but given the subject of this blog post it seemed appropriate.
Andrew Boon
Joomla is a great platform, but way more generic than Dolphin. It's more content-centric and lacks lots of social-interaction features that Dolphin has. There're different extensions/plugins for Joomla, but again, you'd spend a lot of time and effort to build a full-featured social network based on Joomla. That's BEFORE you get to the Flash apps/servers part.

I see Joomla as a more technically-challenging platform for content-centric sites, like corporate sites, news sites, etc. For social networks see more you need advanced profiles, media sharing, friends, chats, etc, etc. All that comes "out-of-the-box" in Dolphin.
spacecoasthot
I use joomla a lot and have been following the progress of something called Anahita Social Engine for Joomla (http://anahitapolis.com), which, like Dolphin 7, is in the "coming soon" stage. I will need to get rolling on my next project soon and at this point I think I will opt for whichever of the two is ready first. Anahita is talking December release. At the moment they have no demo available for the public, only screenshots, but the team definitely talks a good game and the project looks see more promising. I need to get rolling soon on my next project, and will probably opt for whichever is available first -- Dolphin 7 or Anahita -- as both appear suitable to my needs. My fallback is simply to build the site using Dolphin 6, although I guess that would be silly at this point. In any case, the relevant comparison is not Dolphin vs. Joomla (which is not by itself a social platform), but rather Dolphin vs. Anahita or Dolphin vs. JomSocial (which I have tried but wasn't thrilled with).
mistertunechat
lol..nice video, and nice star wars theme..lol. I dont really think you can compare joomla out of the box with dolphin just because its much more basic out of the box then dolphin is. I also think wordpress is great as far as blogger sites go, yet imo thats kind of where wordpress stops. It is easy to optimize and somewhat simple, but definitely not comparable as far as social networking softwares go.
And it is definitely good news to hear one more beta release before the rc is released. It see more gives us more of a difinitive time frame as far as how to plan out own site releases or upgrades.
greymatters
Nice to see you all doing FUN.

We are also ready to do FUN with Beta 7(hope last one)
killerhaai
hahaha thats a funny movie and a good move in promoting Dolphin.
mickscool
Luv'd the video .. good work guys !!!
mallorca
Nice! Who has the idea to choose that old German cult song from Trio called Da Da Da? Does anyone speak German in the Boonex Team?
kernelpaniker
its nice to know you guys are havin fun..
elcentcom
I'm a joomla freak and you can do incredible things by using the right applications, even live video chat.
The other thing is that Joomla has thousands of helping hands and is quite reliable with security patches whenever security holes getting explored.
I'm always testing new modules, components, plugins and specials and many are very impressive.
houstonlively
CUT!

Take 2

'rebuild unity and piece in the Galaxy'

'The ultimate weapon of piece and freedom must be found'

Five dollars to the first person that sees something wrong here.
Andrew Boon
thanks you for catching that, my bad ;)
Only thing I saw wrong with the video was the unless you are looking for a "Piece" (which I probably would be) then you need to change it to PEACE if in fact you want Peace in the Universe as apposed to a piece in the universe. That would probably be WAY higher than the mile-high club.
Tallyplayer
Great video, stuff like that just keeps the creative juices flowin. I enjoyed it.
dezines
That was a great vid....loved the break down of the others available
peteralan72
I have used many scripts and have used joomla. I will have to say that it is a very nice script with lot's of good points but there is no comparison as dolphin stands out with more to offer and in the long run a less expensive investment. As a web host and investor i have experienced great results and a sound investment with my choice of using dolphin. I also recommend dolphin wholeheartedly to all my clients wishing to start a community based site.

I guess it is personal preference and not everyone see more is the same. I love the new changes that are coming with dolphin and am a big supporter. I have much respect for the dolphin team and am grateful for the hard work put into it. Nice video by the way. Glad your having some fun. My wife is always telling me i need to have some fun but i seem to never quit and take the needed time. I am learning that good rest and relaxation and recreation helps the mind work better. Thanks for setting a good example of what is important other than just work. Great job Boonex team.
UFO360
lol this video is so cool i love so much u guys make me so freaking happy u guys need to open a new tv show boonex pranks they all funny
Simion
ha ha ha ha ha.... That was great.. you guys must be REALLY bored at times huh?

Mind it I post that on 1faze?
That is great!

Simion
 
 
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